# Fractures at Esterline Defense Technologies
> OSHA SIR `20181212966` · 12/18/2018 · EAST CAMDEN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Esterline Defense Technologies
- **Location:** Highland Industrial Park, EAST CAMDEN, ARKANSAS, 71711
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a tooling center machine behind a barricade inside of a building when an explosion of unknown source occurred. The explosion blew the front of the barricade inward, forcing the employee backward and pinning him to the floor. The employee sustained multiple traumas and both legs were broken.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*